Old Wrinkly had taken up soothsaying in his old age, mostly unsuccessfully.

老皱纹在他年迈的时候开始占卜，但大多不成功。

The International Energy Agency (iea), an official forecaster, predicts that coal demand will remain high until 2025 (though it cautions that soothsaying is particularly difficult in current market conditions).

官方预测机构国际能源署 (IEA) 预测，到 2025 年煤炭需求将保持高位（尽管它警告说， 在当前的市场条件下， 预言尤其困难）。

He had taken up soothsaying in his old age and he kept on telling Hiccup how he had looked into the future and that Hiccup was destined for great things.

他上了年纪就开始占卜了，他不停地告诉卡嗝他是如何展望未来的，卡嗝注定要做大事。